18 / 30 · Restoration, memory & legacy
A life, a relationship or a family story, designed and printed as a book worth inheriting.
Most families inherit property, photographs and versions of stories nobody wrote down. This commission is an attempt to change that. Through interviews, memories, documents and the texture of ordinary family history, I write the story, shape the manuscript and work toward a designed, printed book built to remain in the family. Not a vanity autobiography.
Not a photo album with captions. A literary object future hands can open and hear voices that would otherwise disappear. We spend fortunes protecting what families own. This protects something families are far more likely to lose.
How we work
- You reach out. Share the photograph, the person, the situation or the fragment - as much or as little as you can bear to. There is no correct brief.
- We agree the scope. Before anything is written, we settle what the piece is, its length and its intention. The commission is confirmed with a 50% advance.
- I write. The work is made for you alone, delivered within 8–12 weeks after final interview / material receipt. One considered revision is included so the words land exactly where they should.
Scope & confidentiality
Every commission begins with an agreed scope - what will be written, its length, its tone and its purpose - so there are no surprises on either side. Nothing is begun before that scope and the advance are settled together.
What you share stays private. Your story, your materials and the finished writing are treated as yours alone and are never published, resold or used elsewhere without your explicit, written consent. Where a commission is anonymous by design, that anonymity is protected without exception.